BUNGEE CORD RIDES This page lists links to reports of accidents and news stories involving bungee jumps and amusement rides that use bungee cords.

Macular hemorrhage from bungee jumping - New England Journal of Medicine, 7/19/07 Accident ruling over bungee jump death - Western Mail, 2/25/05 Broken harness blamed for bungee ride death in Canada (8/24/98) Bungee rides close in New Jersey; designer, inspector fined $20,000 (10/29/98) Canadian officials charge bungee ride company, owner (1/20/99) Bungee ride owner gets two months to decide plea (3/26/99) Bungee ride owner pleads not guilty (5/21/99) Owner of fatal bungee ride admits he altered ride after inspection (11/27/99) Anderson Ventures found guilty in Rocket Launcher death (2/22/00) Anderson Ventures fined a record $145,000 for Rocket Launcher death (4/25/00) Man falls 300 feet to his death in bungee ride accident (5/15/00) Mobile bungee rides banned in Ontario (7/5/00) Bungee ride malfunctions at Daytona Beach; 2 injured (7/21/00) One dead, one injured in bungee ride accident (6/3/01) Bungee cord snaps on Texas thrill ride; 2 injured (7/29/01) Bungee jump accident kills 2 in Italy (5/1/02) Ejection Seat cable snaps at Oregon carnival (6/9/02) Fairground worker killed in Slingshot accident (8/4/02) Slingshot ride cable snaps at Ohio State Fair, stranding riders (8/5/02) Man killed in 180-foot fall after bungee cord disengages (8/26/02) Girl, 14, killed in bungee ride mishap (8/9/04) Bungee cord snaps; rider hospitalized (7/12/05) Ride operator injured in 'Springshot' mishap (7/16/05) Another bungee ride malfunctions (7/24/05) Bungee jumper nearly strangled (8/1/05) Cord snaps on reverse bungee ride (5/7/06) Riders stranded after reverse bungee ride malfunctions (6/22/06) Bungee cord snaps on Ejection Seat ride; 2 injured (8/2/06) Teenage girl killed in fall from bungee ride (7/14/07) Two women rescued from bungee ride after mishap (7/26/08) Bungee cord snap causes near-fatal accident (2/19/09)

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